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Post-Traumatic Stress and School Adaptation in Adolescent Survivors Five Years after the 2010 Yushu Earthquake in China
(1) Background: The devastating Ms 7.1 earthquake struck Yushu city, China, in 2010, leading to serious consequences and damage in the central Tibetan Plateau. This study aimed to assess school adaptation and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms of adolescent survivors five years after the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6861989/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31671736 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214167 |
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author | Liu, Shou Lu, Li Bai, Zheng-Zhong Su, Min Qi, Zheng-Qing Zhang, Shi-Yu Chen, Yuan Ao, Bing-Yu Cui, Feng-Zhen Lagarde, Emmanuel Lii, Kehshin |
author_facet | Liu, Shou Lu, Li Bai, Zheng-Zhong Su, Min Qi, Zheng-Qing Zhang, Shi-Yu Chen, Yuan Ao, Bing-Yu Cui, Feng-Zhen Lagarde, Emmanuel Lii, Kehshin |
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description | (1) Background: The devastating Ms 7.1 earthquake struck Yushu city, China, in 2010, leading to serious consequences and damage in the central Tibetan Plateau. This study aimed to assess school adaptation and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms of adolescent survivors five years after the Yushu earthquake. (2) Methods: A large-scale, school-based mental health survey was conducted 5 years after the earthquake among Tibetan students in the city of Yushu using the Adolescent’s School Adaptation Scale (ASAS) and the PTSD Checklist. (3) Results: A total of 1976 questionnaires were collected. A total of 30.7% of Tibetan adolescents had poor school adaptation and 19.5% were estimated as having probable PTSD. Logistic regression showed that females (OR = 0.73, 95% CI: 0.60–0.89), senior students (OR = 0.48, 95% CI: 0.39–0.59), and those who participated in post-disaster reconstruction (OR = 0.68, 95% CI: 0.54–0.85) were less likely to have poor school adaptation, while a positive association was observed among those buried under a collapsed building (OR = 1.47, 95% CI: 1.04–2.09) and those who experienced bereavement (OR = 1.77, 95% CI: 1.27–2.45). Students who had experienced bereavement were also more likely to have PTSD (OR = 1.60, 95% CI: 1.12–2.28). (4) Conclusions: The post-traumatic effects of the Yushu earthquake on Tibetan adolescents were severe and long-lasting. Sustainable long-term mental health services to help adolescents to restructure their mental health are necessary. |
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spelling | pubmed-68619892019-12-05 Post-Traumatic Stress and School Adaptation in Adolescent Survivors Five Years after the 2010 Yushu Earthquake in China Liu, Shou Lu, Li Bai, Zheng-Zhong Su, Min Qi, Zheng-Qing Zhang, Shi-Yu Chen, Yuan Ao, Bing-Yu Cui, Feng-Zhen Lagarde, Emmanuel Lii, Kehshin Int J Environ Res Public Health Article (1) Background: The devastating Ms 7.1 earthquake struck Yushu city, China, in 2010, leading to serious consequences and damage in the central Tibetan Plateau. This study aimed to assess school adaptation and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms of adolescent survivors five years after the Yushu earthquake. (2) Methods: A large-scale, school-based mental health survey was conducted 5 years after the earthquake among Tibetan students in the city of Yushu using the Adolescent’s School Adaptation Scale (ASAS) and the PTSD Checklist. (3) Results: A total of 1976 questionnaires were collected. A total of 30.7% of Tibetan adolescents had poor school adaptation and 19.5% were estimated as having probable PTSD. Logistic regression showed that females (OR = 0.73, 95% CI: 0.60–0.89), senior students (OR = 0.48, 95% CI: 0.39–0.59), and those who participated in post-disaster reconstruction (OR = 0.68, 95% CI: 0.54–0.85) were less likely to have poor school adaptation, while a positive association was observed among those buried under a collapsed building (OR = 1.47, 95% CI: 1.04–2.09) and those who experienced bereavement (OR = 1.77, 95% CI: 1.27–2.45). Students who had experienced bereavement were also more likely to have PTSD (OR = 1.60, 95% CI: 1.12–2.28). (4) Conclusions: The post-traumatic effects of the Yushu earthquake on Tibetan adolescents were severe and long-lasting. Sustainable long-term mental health services to help adolescents to restructure their mental health are necessary. MDPI 2019-10-29 2019-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6861989/ /pubmed/31671736 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214167 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Liu, Shou Lu, Li Bai, Zheng-Zhong Su, Min Qi, Zheng-Qing Zhang, Shi-Yu Chen, Yuan Ao, Bing-Yu Cui, Feng-Zhen Lagarde, Emmanuel Lii, Kehshin Post-Traumatic Stress and School Adaptation in Adolescent Survivors Five Years after the 2010 Yushu Earthquake in China |
title | Post-Traumatic Stress and School Adaptation in Adolescent Survivors Five Years after the 2010 Yushu Earthquake in China |
title_full | Post-Traumatic Stress and School Adaptation in Adolescent Survivors Five Years after the 2010 Yushu Earthquake in China |
title_fullStr | Post-Traumatic Stress and School Adaptation in Adolescent Survivors Five Years after the 2010 Yushu Earthquake in China |
title_full_unstemmed | Post-Traumatic Stress and School Adaptation in Adolescent Survivors Five Years after the 2010 Yushu Earthquake in China |
title_short | Post-Traumatic Stress and School Adaptation in Adolescent Survivors Five Years after the 2010 Yushu Earthquake in China |
title_sort | post-traumatic stress and school adaptation in adolescent survivors five years after the 2010 yushu earthquake in china |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6861989/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31671736 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214167 |
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